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and involves syndeformational (syn-D 3 ) veining and alteration. Variation in and between deposits can be attributed to their host-
rock lithologies and local structural relationships. "Silica dolomite" replacement as recognized at Mount Isa mine is associated with
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all copper mineralization in dolomitic host rock. Sul de (+ chlorite) replacement in arenaceous host rock, for example at the
Mammoth deposit, occurs concomitantly with silica dolomite alteration in other deposits that comprise both host-rock types. The Archive of all content
matching alteration history of the deposits indicates a common origin for the mineralization, and together with a large number of
similar small-sized copper occurrences, suggests that a major regional copper mineralizing event occurred during the third
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deformation phase throughout the western Mount Isa block. Local structural relationships, common to several deposits, such as the
presence and degree of bedding discordance across low-angle (D 1 ) faults together with later (D 2 ) folding, may constitute suitable
structural traps for subsequent (D 3 ) mineralization. Therefore, the structural geometry, together with the alteration features, is Share Georef Record
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